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www.spec.com.au PORTLAND OBSERVER Monday March 2 2015 3 Nine show interest in SES at recruitment night AT Thursday’s SES open night, Denise Naish gives Ian Peters an information pack listing all the myriad services SES provides to the community. HANGING out for some more self-recovery training, Martin Schmetzer (right) chats with Gary Hein during the open night. Picture: JOSH NASH 150226jn012 PORTLAND’S 28-strong SES contingent could take a great leap forward soon, if the nine potential recruits who came along to a recent open night all sign up. Held as the culmination of a major recruitment drive in February, the open night was designed to interest people of all ages. “There’s been an emphasis on getting new people in to help with storm damage and road crash rescue,” but we are also very happy to have people in their 60s join up and take administration roles,” the new unit controller Charlie Debono said. “In fact, I’ve been with SES for 32 years and it would be great if a new person became unit controller after my two years are up.” “Scott McFarlane, our training officer, took the new people around and spoke about what Portland SES does, and where our needs are,” Mr Debono said. “I really hope they all decide to join.” PDH boss says there’s no need for alarm COURTNEY MAGANN PORTLAND District Health has diminished fears that it lacks enough finance to cover its own bills. PDH chief executive officer Chris Giles said cash flow was being closely monitored, and it was business as usual, following an auditorgeneral’s report that stated the hospital was one of 12 in the state that was in a precarious financial position. The report, released last week, said PDH was one of 12 Victorian hospitals that could only BEN FRASER fund seven or less days of operating activity (if funding was not continued) at the end of the last financial year. Portland and Colac were the only country hospitals on the list. However, Ms Giles said looking at one fixed period in time can sometimes lead to a misleading conclusion. “June 30 is the last day of the financial year and funding is expected from July 1,” Ms Giles explained. “To have a large balance in reserve means that this money is not being spent on services to the community.” Ms Giles also defended the hospital’s methods of budgeting. “When services to the community are being rebuilt and expanded, it is expected that there is a forward cost for their implementation/ establishment that is not recouped until further down the track. “This can impact on cash flows as large initial costs are greater than incoming until the service is established.” Ms Giles said the local community could provide ongoing support to PDH by using their local health service when possible. 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Ms Wendy Buckland said new youth and maternity services consumer representatives were specifically needed on the committee, but other interested community members are also encouraged to join. “Ideally we’d like to double the number of community representatives,” Ms Buckland said. “We want to have representation from a broad cross-section of the community.” During the three years of its operation, the committee has had a positive impact on the health service and influenced many outcomes to improve service for consumers. “The committee looks at service delivery issues that affect patients. “This could relate to signage, access, brochures, the Quality of Care report and monitoring complaints and compliments,” she added. The committee meets six times a year for about 1.5 hours, with regular email communication in between. Young people are encouraged to nominate for the youth representative role. Anyone interested in becoming a member of the committee can contact Ms Buckland on 5521 0333. 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